Wake Forest to Host No. 3 Stanford at Spry Stadium

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Searching for its highest-ranked win since 2020, the Wake Forest males’s soccer crew will welcome No. 3-ranked Stanford to Spry Stadium Saturday night.

The match towards the Cardinal is slated for 7 p.m. and will probably be proven dwell on ACCNX with dwell stats accessible here.

The first 150 college students will obtain a free Truist Wake Forest backpack on the gate.

Important Fan Information

The security and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, employees, and followers is Wake Forest University’s high precedence. In coordination with University management and regulation enforcement companions, Wake Forest Athletics has carried out enhanced security measures for occasions in Kentner and Spry Stadiums and Varsity Arena to match these at our Allegacy Stadium district venues. These embody:

• Walkthrough steel detection in any respect fan entry factors.
• Elevated regulation enforcement and gameday employees presence at every venue.
• Adjusted entry procedures at Spry Stadium, together with a secured perimeter alongside Polo Road and a chosen single entry level for followers wishing to observe from the Hill.

Parking is inspired in tons A, B, Q, W1 & W2. A complete parking map of campus is here.

Gates open one hour previous to kickoff for all house matches.

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Quick Notes

• Wake Forest sits at No. 14 and No. 23 within the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls, respectively.
• Since 2015, Muuss has led the Deacs to a stellar 69-25-18 file towards convention opponents as they search for their first ACC win of the season.
• Also beneath Muuss, Wake Forest is 47-23-16 towards ranked opponents because the Deacs seek for a press release top-five win on Saturday night time.

  • A win over Stanford will mark the highest-ranked win for the Deacs since they defeated No. 3 Clemson at house, 2-0, on Oct. 30, 2020.
  • It can even be the primary top-10 win since Oct. 28, 2022 (No. 9 Louisville, 3-0) and first top-five win since Oct. 17, 2021 (No. 5 Pitt, 3-1).

• The Demon Deacons have scored not less than three targets in three consecutive matches for the primary time for the reason that 2021 season, when the Deacs scored three targets towards George Washington (10/12) and Virginia Tech (10/16), and 7 towards Loyola Maryland (10/19).
• The Demon Deacons have solely dropped one among their final 20 matches at Spry Stadium with wins in 10 of the final 13. 

  • The Deacs maintain a 14-1-5 house file relationship again to Aug. 25 of final yr.
  • Under Muuss, the Deacs are an unimaginable 116-20-14 at Spry Stadium.

• Wake Forest has recorded 5 clear sheets within the first 10 matches this marketing campaign.
• 12 separate Demon Deacons have contributed to the 26 targets scored to this point this season, with Tate Lorentz main the way in which with six and Cooper Flax behind him with 4.

  • Wake Forest’s 26 targets this yr rank fourth within the nation and third within the convention.
  • The Deacs are additionally third within the ACC in assists (23) and factors (75).

• Wake Forest was picked to complete second within the ACC preseason ballot and held probably the most first-place votes (5).
• The Demon Deacons at the moment maintain a plus-11 goal-differential in 2025, the Twenty third-best within the nation and fourth-best within the ACC.
• Over the primary 10 video games of the season, Wake Forest ranks fifth within the convention in shots-per-game with 16.10.

  • The Demon Deacons are out-shooting opponents 161-to-125 to this point this marketing campaign.

Great Week for the Captain

• Highlighted by a first-career hat trick for senior Cooper Flax, the midfielder put collectively an unimaginable week on the pitch final week towards Liberty and Clemson.
• Flax opened his account on the yr towards the Flames as he transformed from the spot within the second and sixteenth minutes earlier than finishing the hat-trick within the 68th minute with a fantastic free kick from simply exterior the field to make it 6-0.

  • This marked the thirty first hat-trick in program historical past, the fourth beneath head coach Bobby Muuss and first since Roald Mitchell completed the feat towards Furman on Sept. 4, 2023.
  • The senior additionally added an help on a purpose within the sixtieth minute following his nook, making him the primary Deac with seven factors in a recreation since Mitchell did so towards Winthrop on Sept. 6, 2022. 

• Flax continued his scoring methods into Friday’s ACC match. The midfielder transformed from the penalty spot for the third time in two video games with the opener within the thirteenth minute and is now 7-for-8 from the mark during the last two years. 

  • He then went on to file the primary multi-assist recreation of his profession.

• He completed his week with a stellar 4 targets and three assists over the 2 matches for 11 factors.

The Hometown Kid

• Following his lovely strike towards Clemson on Friday, Tate Lorentz prolonged his crew lead in  targets (six) and factors (15).
• Lorentz has been extremely environment friendly along with his shot choice as nicely, as he has scored his six targets on simply 13 photographs (46.2 p.c).
• Two weeks in the past, he recorded his first-career brace towards UNCW as he leveled the match within the thirteenth minute earlier than firing the Deacs in entrance with a penalty he received within the 53rd.
• Entering the Stanford match, Lorentz is fourth in convention in factors and targets.
• Additionally, he’s one among simply three ACC gamers with six-or-more targets and three-or-more assists.

Series History

• This will mark the sixth all-time assembly between Wake Forest and Stanford, with the Cardinal holding a 4-0-1 benefit within the sequence.
• All 5 earlier matchups have come since 1992, together with 4 in Winston-Salem.

  • The Demon Deacons are 0-4-0 at house towards the Cardinal.

• Three of the 5 conferences have come within the NCAA Tournament, all coming in consecutive years from 2015-2017.

  • In the 2016 NCAA College Cup semifinal, the groups performed to a 0-0 draw by 110 minutes earlier than Stanford superior 5-4 on penalty kicks. 
  • The following yr, the Cardinal earned a 2-0 victory in Winston-Salem within the quarterfinal spherical.

• Wake Forest additionally fell in extra time to Stanford within the 2015 quarterfinals (2-1) and dropped regular-season conferences in 1992 (3-1) and 1995 (1-0).

Scouting the Cardinal

• Stanford enters Saturday’s top-five conflict with a 9-1-1 total file, together with a 3-1-0 mark in ACC play to this point in 2025.

  • The Cardinal sit second within the convention standings after most not too long ago defeating Boston College, 3-0, on Sept. 28.

• This weekend will mark their fifth true street match of the season, with the Cardinal posting a 2-1-1 file away from house in comparison with an ideal 7-0-0 at Cagan Stadium.

  • Stanford’s lone setback got here in a 1-0 defeat at Louisville on Sept. 5, whereas additionally they drew at San Jose State, 2-2.

• The Cardinal are averaging 2.45 targets per recreation behind a balanced assault that has seen 5 totally different gamers file not less than three targets this season
• Trevor Islam leads the crew with 5 targets, whereas Zach Bohane and Alfonso Tenconi-Gradillas have every added 4. 

  • In addition, Fletcher Bank and Jack Pymm have scored three targets apiece.
  • Joshua Partal leads the crew and is fifth-nationally in assists with six.

• As a crew, the Cardinal rank top-five nationally in complete targets (27) and photographs per-game (18.82).
• Defensively, Stanford has conceded simply 12 targets by 11 matches (1.09 per recreation) behind the play of beginning goalkeeper Rowan Schnebly.

  • Schnebly has performed all however 13 minutes this season, posting a 9-1-1 file with a 1.11 goals-against common and .636 save proportion, together with two clear sheets.

Last Time Out (vs. Clemson)

• The Wake Forest males’s soccer crew dropped a house ACC contest to Clemson at Spry Stadium Friday night time.
• Coming off of his first-career hat-trick on Monday night time towards Liberty, senior Cooper Flax continued his scoring methods into Friday’s match. The midfielder transformed from the penalty spot for the third time in two video games with the opener within the thirteenth minute.
• After two fast targets from the guests, in-form ahead Tate Lorentz discovered an equalizer within the twenty fifth minute with a fantastic strike from the sting of the field with assists from Flax and junior Ethan Subachan.
• The Tigers led as soon as once more within the thirtieth minute, however Wake Forest responded 10 minutes later by means of a headed purpose from defender Daniel Krueger following a set piece on assists from Vlad Walent and Flax. It marked Krueger’s second-career purpose and first at Spry Stadium.
• The Tigers discovered the winner within the 72nd minute and went on to earn a 4-3 victory.

National Leader In Wins 

• Named the fourth head coach in program historical past previous to the beginning of the 2015 season, Bobby Muuss’ Demon Deacon squads have constructed on the longstanding and wealthy 45-year historical past of this system. 
• Since 2015, Wake Forest’s 157 complete wins ranks No. 1 nationally, 5 greater than any program and 11 greater than some other ACC program. During that span, Wake Forest can be joined solely by Indiana as the one Division I packages to have received not less than 10 matches each season. 
• Additionally, Wake Forest and Indiana are the one two packages of the 211 packages nationally to carry double-digit NCAA Tournament look streaks.
• Wake Forest additionally leads the nation in wins during the last quarter-century (362).

Total Wins Since 2015 

Rank	Team	Total Wins Since ’15
1.	Wake Forest	157
2.	Indiana	152
3.	Clemson	146
4.	Georgetown	139
5.	Stanford	135

The Spry Advantage

• Since Muuss’ arrival in 2015, Wake Forest ranks No. 1 nationally in house wins (116), 18 greater than some other program nationally. 
• Wake Forest’s house profitable proportion of 82.00 p.c since 2015 additionally ranks third nationally, behind solely Indiana and Denver. 

Home Wins Since 2015 

Rank	Team	Total Home Wins Since ’15
1.	Wake Forest	116
2.	Clemson	98
3.	Indiana	98
4.	Virginia	89
5.	Georgetown	88

Home Winning Percentage Since 2015 

Rank	Team	Home Winning Percentage Since ’15
1.	Indiana	83.59%
2.	Denver	83.50%
3.	Wake Forest	82.00%
4.	Georgetown	79.83%
5.	Missouri State	79.79%

ACC Dominance

• In addition to main the nation in wins and residential wins beneath head coach Bobby Muuss, the Demon Deacons have constantly been atop the nation’s greatest convention with three ACC Championships and 5 divisional championships.
• Wake Forest additionally leads the ACC in common season convention wins since 2015.

ACC Regular Season Wins Since 2015

Rank	Team	Total ACC Wins Since ’15
1.	Wake Forest	56
2.	Clemson	49
3.	North Carolina	45
4.	Virginia	40
5.	Duke	39

Looking Ahead

• After Saturday night time’s match, Wake Forest will hit the street for simply the third time this season because it travels throughout the nation for an ACC match towards one other ACC newcomer, Cal.
• The match towards the Golden Bears is slated for six p.m. japanese and will probably be proven dwell on ACCNX.
• This will mark the primary ACC conflict between the 2 packages and the second assembly in three years as the 2 groups battled to a 1-1 attract non-conference motion in 2023 at Spry.

  • It will probably be simply the fifth assembly total and second in California, with the one different occasion coming in 2005, a 2-3 extra time loss for the Deacs within the NCAA event on Nov. 26.